WEBVTT >> DYING TO SEE THE PARADE COMEINREPORTER: 94-YEAR-OLD WORLD WARTWO VETERAN WILLIAM PAUL CAN'TWAIT TO SEE THE ESSEX MEMORIALDAY PARADE FOR THE FIRST TIME.>> OH WONDERFUL I'VE ALWAYS BEENIN BROOKLYN FOR THIS PARADE.REPORTER: SATURDAY, HUNDREDSJOINED WILLIAM TO CROWD THESTREETS OF ESSEX JUNCTIO>> IT'S A HONOR TO BE HERE EVERYYEARREPORTER: THIS IS THE NINTH YEARTHE PARADE COMMITTEE HAS PUT ONTHE EVENT TO HONOR OUR FALLENHEROES, LIVING HEROES AND THOSEYET TO COME.>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANTTO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICE THATTHE VETERANS HAVE MADEREPORTER: NOT ONLY IS EDVONSITAS A PARADE ORGANIZER, BUTHE IS A VETERAN AS WELL.>> IT'S GOOD FEELING TO SEEPEOPLE COME OUT AND SAY THANKYOU AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PARADEIS IT'S A THANK YOU TO THEVETERANS IT'S A MEMORY OF THEM.>> WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THISPARADE IS ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VEDONE WAR AND THEY'VE MADE PEACEALL OVER THE WORLD>> I'VE ALWAYS HAD A DEEP AMOUNTOF RESPECT FOR ANYONE WHO SERVEDTHEIR COUNTRY AND RUNS TOWARDS APROBLEM RATHER THAN AWAY FROM ITAND I THINK WE SHOULD BETHANKING THEM EVERY SINGLE DDAY STANDS OUT.AS HE SALUTES VETERANS WALKINGIN THE PARADE, HE KEEPS THE INMIND THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THEULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OURFREEDOM.>> MY SON WAS A VIETNAM VET ANDHE'S PASSED AWAY BUT THIS IS ONEOF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS OFTHE YEAR FOR US VETERAREPORTER: EVERY FLAG, WAVE ANDHONK A SIGN OF APPRECIATION FOR OURNATION'S HEROES.

On a weekend to honor our veterans, one Vermont town held a big parade to say thanks.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Essex Junction for the annual Memorial Day Parade.

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The crowd included 94-year-old World War II veteran William Paul, who was seeing it for the first time.

"I've always been in Brooklyn for this parade. This is my first year in Vermont," Paul said. "I'm dying to see the parade come in."

This is the ninth year the parade committee has put on the event to honor both our fallen and living heroes.

"I think it's very important to recognize the sacrifice that the veterans have made, both those that are alive still and are home and are out of service, those who are on active duties and those who have paid the ultimate price," parade committee member Ed Vonsitas said.

But for Ed, it's even more personal. He is a veteran as well.

"It's good feeling to see people come out and say thank you and that's what this parade is. It’s a thank you to the veterans. It’s a memory of them," Vonsitas said.

"I’ve always had a deep amount of respect for anyone who served their country and runs towards a problem rather than away from it," Gov. Phil Scott said. "I think we should be thanking them every single day not just Memorial Day or Veterans Day but every day for their sacrifice."